lahapBahasa Indonesia

greed, avarice, avaritia, covetousness, devour

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Noun

Reprehensible acquisitiveness, insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

English: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia

Bahasa: keserakahan, ketamakan, kerakusan, gelojoh, kelobaan

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Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

English: greed

Bahasa: keserakahan, ketamakan, gelojoh, kelobaan

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Verb

Destroy completely

English: devour

Bahasa: memakan, menelan, melahap, mengganyang, melapah

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Adjective

Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

English: gluttonous

Bahasa: besar perut, pajuh

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Excessively greedy and grasping

English: rapacious, ravening, voracious

Bahasa: serakah, rakus, tamak, gelojoh

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Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume

English: greedy

Bahasa: rakus, gelojoh

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Word family of lahap

melahapmeN-pelahappeN-dilahapdi-melahapnyameN-…-nyalahapnya…-nyadilahapnyadi-…-nyamelahapmumeN-…-mumelahapkumeN-…-kuterlahapter-lahapan…-anlahaplah…-lahselahapse-

Bahasa words with similar meanings

makanmengalamiminummenghabiskanmemakanmenelanmenggulingkanserakahmelahapkeserakahanrakustamakketamakankerakusanmelalapmengganyanggelojohmembahammelapahkelobaanbesar perutmerodongpajuh

English words with similar meanings

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